The Crazy Otto Medley
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"The Crazy Otto Medley" is a 1955 ragtime recording made by pianist Johnny Maddox.
The song is actually a composite of several pieces of music which were originally written by the German comic performer Fritz Schulz-Reichel under the pseudonym of Otto der Schrage. The Medley entered the Billboard Charts on February 5, 1955, where it spent 14 weeks, peaking at #2. It also became the first million-selling ragtime record and eventually sold in excess of two million copies.
Due to its success, the Crazy Otto Medley became synonymous with Maddox, and resulted in him earning the nickname "Crazy Otto". The nickname had also been given to Schulz-Reichel.
The Grateful Dead song "Ramble on Rose" contains a line about Crazy Otto, apparently a reference to Maddox.
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